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circumcise

v.
US //ˈsɝkəmˌsaɪz// UK //sˈɜːkəmsˌaɪz// cir·cum·cise Slang
Origin

From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

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